The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties in the state against the use of armed youths during their campaign activities and on Election Day. The state Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Ahmed Mahuta, gave the war...
The Lagos State Chairman of of the Motorcycle Operators Association of Lagos State (MOALS), Comrade Tijani Pekis, has warned that a ban of the operations of commercial motorcycles in the state would result in the loss of more than two million jobs. Pek...
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Dr Sa’ad Abubakar, has said that the effort of the present administration in transforming the nation through rehabilitation and restructuring of national edifices is a demonstration of the federal government&rsq...
The 29-member stakeholders’ committee, constituted by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher to deliberate on the problems affecting the judiciary in recent times, as well as proffer implementable recommendations that will r...
A housewife, Yahadasu Sani, of Tudun Wada area in Kaduna on Wednesday at a Kaduna Sharia Court, insisted on returning the dowry paid by her husband, Danjuma Ali, to end their five months of marriage. Sani was at the court to seek the dissolution of the...
As more aspirants continue to emerge to vie for the office of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, the political group, North-East Movement for Good Leadership Forum, yesterday endorsed the former secretary to the government of the fe...
A 32 year old man, Owolabi Kolade from Bankole village, near Oja Odan, Yewa South Local Government of Ogun State was, yesterday, paraded before newsmen by the Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command, for allegedly strangulating his aged father Mr Kolade to ...
The atmosphere at Tafawa Balewa Square , a national monument came alive yesterday when eminent Nigerians converged at the famous Our Saviour Church to pay their last respect to the publisher of the Guardian Newspapers Mr. Alex Ibru who passed on ...
No fewer than 23 victims of the boat mishap that occurred along Ngbuodohia-Rumuolumeni waterway in Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State Tuesday night have been given a mass burial near the scene of the accident. LEADERSHIP gathered that tho...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has slammed the federal government over its proposed withdrawal of subsidy from petroleum products as well as its carefree attitude towards the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian...
Osita Iheme is arguably one of the best actors in Nollywood. He is widely known for playing the role of 'Pawpaw' in the film Aki na Ukwa alongside Chinedu Ikedieze. In 2007 Osita received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the African Movie Acad...
No fewer than 60 people and property worth N790.5 million were lost in fire disasters between January and November this year in Gombe State, an official of the state has said. The official, Mr Haruna Wambai, a Fire Rescue Officer, made the disclosure i...
The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen has said the removal of oil subsidy was not to punish Nigerians but to tackle development projects. Onolememen told newsmen in Abuja that the subsidy removal would address all the imbalances that had hindered i...
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Bala Hassan, has vowed to bring to justice the killers of Mr Celestine Ozuruora, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Uratta in Aba. Ozuruora was shot dead by hoodlums while on foot patrol of the area. “He...
Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) primaries in Sokoto State, a youth group in the state has called on the electorate to give their support to the former Minister of Sports, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman. Alhaji Suleiman served as the Minister...